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Updated: 22 May, 10:1510:15

The country is witnessing a lot of violence, disruption of social life and general apprehension of the people of Uganda. The population is beginning to feel unsure about the future and generally insecure. This is a complete reversal of the feeling and belief which our people had when they defeated dictatorship.

Dr Fred Kugonza, the Hoima district disease surveillance officer, told URN on Tuesday that last week 200 more cases were reported at Sebigoro Reception Centre in Kabwoya Sub county and Kasonga in Kyangwali sub county. He says the new cases have been taken to Isolation centres at Sebigoro and Kasonga respectively.

The report documents evidence implicating the SPLA in intentionally killing unarmed and fleeing civilians. It shows that People who tried to defend themselves or their families had their eyes gouged out, their throats slit or were castrated. Victims were also forced to engage in unspeakable acts and some, including children were compelled to rape their family members.

Amiru Yunus Ojara, 22, a resident of Got Oluma village in Atiak Sub County in Amuru district, entered the facility after escaping from a group of mob lynching his 29-year-old accomplice identified as Eric Otema, a resident of Opit in Omoro district.

The resurgence in ethnic conflict between Lendu and Hema in Ituri Province in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo DRC is witnessing the use of much more sophisticated arms than in previous episodes of the conflict. In previous skirmishes between the two groups, rudimentary weapons like machetes, bows and arrows and a traditional gun known as Sirindir would be used.

Capt. Abert Arinaitwe, the 3rd Division spokesman acknowledges the concerns raised but attributes it to local leaders who recommend wrong elements for LDU recruitment and commercialisation of cattle thefts.

The investigative journalist was reportedly kidnapped on Tuesday afternoon by five men in a Double Cabin vehicle Registration number UAH 038A, outside the New Vision offices in Industrial area. Some of his captors were reported to be dressed in military fatigue.

The refugees, mainly ethnic Hema, Bagegere and Alur have entered into border areas like Dei and Panyimur in Pakwach District, Parombo, Goli and Angaba in Nebbi District, and Paidha and Padea in Zombo District.

The robbers allegedly took advantage of a security gap in the night to steal bottles of wine worth over 5 million Shillings, mobile money registered phones with float worth 6.6 million Shillings and gas cylinders worth 10 million Shillings, among other items.

There is an upsurge of conflicts in eastern DRC, particularly in Ituri province between the Lendu and Hema, in North Kivu- between various warring parties including Ugandan rebel group the Allied Democratic Forces and in South Kivu, between government forces and rebel militias.

In the sermon, Bishop Gakumba was accused of declaring war on Catholicism by burning articles of Catholic worship during an ongoing open air crusade convened by a team of pastors from the born-again faith in Acholi sub-region.

Kirumira had been charged with the torture of Pius Kato and Paul Ochaya during his tenure as the officer in charge of Nansana Police station in 2014. He is alleged to have removed the two suspects from cells, undressed them, beaten them and later cut off the right-hand thumb of Pius Kato.

Awany leaders from both districts resolved recently to deploy a joint force comprising of the police and the Uganda Peoples Defense Forces -UPDF where the herdsmen are grazing their animals to monitor their activities.

The UN Refugee Agency said in a statement that the appeal, backed by 26 UNHCR partners, was necessary to assist refugees struggling to survive in neighboring countries where efforts were falling short of acceptable humanitarian standards.

Suspicion is rife that the killers are suspected Lendu warriors from neighbouring Walendu Tatsi commune. Sources say the massacre took place in the village of Blukwa in Hema territory, about 100 kilometres north of the regional city of Bunia.